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In today's fast-paced digital world, there's a certain allure to the slower, more deliberate process of analog photography. It's a craft that allows you to savor the moments, capture the world in a tangible form, and bring out the true essence of photography. In this blog, we'll explore the magical world of analog photography and printing, from the vintage charm of film to the artistic process of hand-developing and printing your own photographs.

Wet Plate Workshop with Titus & Isabela

December 30, 2021 in Chasing beauty, Projects
Wet Plate Workshop with Titus & Isabela

Monday, right after Christmas Titus & Isabela visited me for a very improvised workshop in my improvised studio where we tried to create and discovered together the beauty of wet plate photography.

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Tags: wet plate workshop, wet plate, traditional printing, historical method, tintype, portrait, studio

Wet Plate Workshop with Dave Shrimpton

November 21, 2021 in Out and about, Projects
Wet Plate Workshop with Dave Shrimpton

Wet Plates Workshop with Dave Shrimpton

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Tags: wet plate, wet plate workshop, tintypes

Mariana

October 20, 2021 in Projects

Kallitype on Bergger COT 320 paper

Digital negative

43 sec. UV lamp exposure. Gold toner

Tags: kallitype, kallitype print, Berger cot 320

Beauty and wisdom

June 23, 2021 in Chasing beauty
Beauty and wisdom

Beauty and wisdom is something I can't ignore.

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Tags: 1/2 plate camera, new camera, plate photography

Bottles_01

May 16, 2021 in Projects, Chasing beauty
Bottles_01

Celebrating imperfection.
Bottles_01

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Tags: #kallitype #kallitypeprint #kallitypephotography #kallitypes #alternativephotography #alternativeprocess #alternativephotographicprocesses #analogphotography #bottles #berggercot320 #berggerpaper #bergger_official #berggerofficiel #fomapanfilm #foma_cz #fomapan200 #largeformatphotography #largeformatfilm

Duomo di Milano before storm

February 21, 2021 in Projects, Out and about
Duomo di Milano before storm

Celebrating imperfection

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Tags: #kallitype #kallitypeprint #kallitypephotography #kallitypes #alternativephotography #alternativeprocess #alternativephotographicprocesses #analogphotography #filmphotography #filmisnotdead #duomodimilano #duomodimilanocathedral⛪️ #milano #italia #berggercot320 #berggerpaper

Daffodiles

February 14, 2021 in Projects, Chasing beauty
Daffodiles

Celebrating imperfection

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Tags: #kallitype #kallitypeprint #kallitypephotography #kallitypes #alternativephotography #alternativeprocess #alternativephotographicprocesses #analogphotography #filmphotography #filmisnotdead #daffodils #berggercot320 #berggerpaper

Sunflower_02

January 28, 2021 in Chasing beauty
Sunflower_02

Tried a new paper recently bought- Bergger COT 320 for my kallitype. So far I am very pleased with it. Great mid tones rendition, reach deep black and a nice grey brown ish colour.

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Tags: #kallitype #kallitypeprint #kallitypes #kallitypeprocess #alternativephotography #alternativephotographicprocesses #portrait #filmisnotdead #filmphotography

Sunflower_01

January 28, 2021 in Chasing beauty
Sunflower_01

I keep playing with kallitypes. both prints made on Hahnemühle Platinum Rag, from digital negatives (scanned from 6x6 Ilford HP5+ negatives). however, few differences between the two prints, as they've been processed slightly different:

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Tags: #kallitype #kallitypeprint #kallitypes #kallitypeprocess #alternativephotography #alternativephotographicprocesses #portrait #filmisnotdead #filmphotography
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